Work in Progress: Shoes for Cixi

Wax models of the shoes in the works. I hope to finish the second one by Wednesday and begin molding. It’s probably the most challenging pair I’ve made so far. I’m worried about the mold design and the inject-ability of these molds and hope to find out if they work by the end of the week.Â Tonight I’ve got lots of writing to do, but it’s hard, because I can’t stop thinking about these unfinished waxes sitting on my desk.

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My words exactly, I was about to say that no matter what you do, my reaction is sure to be a ‘wow’. Incredible! It’s fantastic to see such a unique, new design, they look amazing, I think we can all hardly wait to see the finished shoes and doll~

Oh. My. Goodness. What a coincidence that you would post Cixi WIPs right now! I -just- finished reading ‘Empress Orchid’ by Anchi Min (which is about the life of Empress Cixi). There was a part in it that described Manchu shoes on platforms, and I immediately thought of your Cixi doll and a comment you made about platformed shoes a while back.
They’re lovely, as usual. I have no doubt that you can make them work.

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